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330<br />

addresses<br />

addresses<br />

I/O (serial ports), 172<br />

memory<br />

adapter cards, 48<br />

hardware/firmware,<br />

46-48<br />

memory apertures,<br />

49<br />

network cards, 48<br />

ports<br />

bus-based devices,<br />

55-56<br />

chipset-based<br />

devices, 54<br />

I/O, 54, 57<br />

motherboard, 54<br />

adjusting<br />

delay parameters, 221<br />

refresh rates (video<br />

cards), 252-253<br />

typematic repeat rate,<br />

221<br />

Administrative Tools<br />

comm<strong>and</strong> (Programs<br />

menu), 304<br />

Administrative Tools<br />

menu comm<strong>and</strong>s<br />

(Windows NT<br />

Diagnostics), 304<br />

ADR (Advanced Digital<br />

Recording) tape<br />

backup drive, 156-158<br />

advanced configuration<br />

<strong>and</strong> power interface.<br />

See ACPI<br />

advanced power management.<br />

See APM<br />

AGP (Accelerated<br />

Graphics Port), 5, 249<br />

AGP expansion slots,<br />

66<br />

AGP memory, 253<br />

AGP video cards,<br />

250-251<br />

AHA-8945, 210<br />

allocating drive letters<br />

(FDISK), 130-131<br />

allocation units, 5<br />

Alphanumeric error<br />

codes, 85-86<br />

Alternative 1 connector,<br />

115<br />

Alternative 2<br />

Centronics latch-style<br />

connector, 116<br />

alternative jumper settings,<br />

106-107<br />

alternatives to <strong>upgrading</strong><br />

BIOS, 70-71<br />

AMI BIOS, 79-81<br />

AMI BIOS beep codes,<br />

84<br />

AMI Web site, 81, 307<br />

AMIBID, downloading,<br />

81<br />

AMIDiag, 307<br />

AntiVirus, 307<br />

APM (advanced power<br />

management), 5,<br />

240-241<br />

application problems<br />

(printers), troubleshooting,<br />

201<br />

ASCII/hexadecimal<br />

conversions, 10-17<br />

assigning<br />

IRQs, 208<br />

USB controllers, 208<br />

assignments<br />

DMA, 52<br />

IRQs, 51<br />

asynchronous, 165<br />

asynchronous serial<br />

interface, 165<br />

AT Attachment (ATA)<br />

drives. See IDE hard<br />

drives<br />

AT attachment packet<br />

interface (ATAPI), 5,<br />

137<br />

AT systems, comparing<br />

to PC/XT systems, 20<br />

ATA (AT Attachment)<br />

drives. See IDE hard<br />

drives

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